Financial Analyst

*** ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY TO THE VACANCY ONLINE VIA https://go.usa.gov/xp2M5 ***

The Office of Market Supervision is engaged in a comprehensive assessment of the Commission's oversight of the fixed income markets, with the goal of providing greater review, analysis, and transparency to the public.

Responsibilities

Assist the Associate Directors, other staff in the Division, and other offices and divisions in the Commission on a wide array of matters relating to the fixed income markets, with special emphasis on reviewing, analyzing, and making recommendations regarding market data produced and disseminated by such markets. Participate in advising and providing greater information to the Commission and its staff and transparency to the public regarding fixed income; reviewing, analyzing, and reporting on various segments of this market. Perform independent analysis of memoranda and reports prepared by the staff; summarize factual and technical issues involved; brief the Director, Deputy Director, and the Associate Directors with respect thereto; and present recommendations as to the proper course of action, in each case with special emphasis on fixed review, analysis, and recommendations. Assist senior staff in drafting, proposing, and adopting releases to guide the Commission's approach to the various recommendations by the Fixed Income Advisory Committee particularly with respect to the financial analysis of fixed income; assessing the impact of potential rules relating to fixed income; and analyzing further policy initiatives relating to this market. 

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT:

SK-16: Applicant must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS/SK-14 level with at least 3 of the 4 following areas:

Experience with exchange financial filings, market structure proposed rule filings, along with its underlying products and major securities market participants regulatory mission programs in order to assess and analyze strategic plans and initiatives; Experience on market structure topics and trends to develop an extensive knowledge mapping mission programs and projects in the administration of Commission rules under the 1934 Securities Exchange Act and Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including experience regarding transparency of both pre-trade and post-trade bonds and providing advice on policy recommendations to enhance the liquidity, transparency and efficiency of the fixed income markets in order to improve execution, access, and transparency; Ability to apply technical knowledge of mission programs administering Commission rules specific to Reg NMS, broker-dealer financial responsibility rules, trading and anti-manipulation rules, national system of clearance and settlement, derivate policy rules, or others rules to assess mission programs, identify risks and controls, and facilitate annual management assurance program assessments AND/OR Ability to conduct stakeholder interviews and research of rule requirements to advise business unit management and leaders on policies and procedures for ongoing execution of mission programs, including rulemaking broker-dealer consolidated financial and operational reporting, national clearance and settlement legal and risk management filing and reporting, market structure quantitative analysis, Securities Investor Protection Corporation oversight, SRO designated examining authorities over broker-dealers, and others.